Typhoon Haiyan - Global Ministries, One Great Hour of Sharing and Week of Compassion Respond

November 8, 2013

At 4:40am on Friday, November the 8th, typhoon Yolanda* (International name: Haiyan) made land fall in the town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar. With winds over 275km/h, one of the strongest cyclones in recorded history wrought devastation upon millions living in the Philippines.

Global Ministries, with One Great Hour of Sharing and Week of Compassion, offer prayers and support to those suffering due to typhoon Yolanda. Global Ministries staff reached out to partners throughout the region offering prayers and seeking to better understand the current situation. Funds from OGHS and WOC have been sent to our partners in the region who will be working on relief and recovery efforts.

Global Ministries encourages you to follow this story as we learn more about how partners in the region have been effected, how they plan to move forward, and how we can support them in these efforts as their brothers and sisters in Christ. This page will continue to be updated with reports from Global Ministries partners in the region as well as special pieces from Global Ministries staff.

Update: As of December 19th, Global Ministries had received nearly $4,000 in donations for the recovery efforts of the UCCP in addition to the generous support that has been provided through Week of Compassion and One Great Hour of Sharing.

In addition to your prayers, you are invited to make a contribution to the recovery effort through a variety of channels:

*The United Church of Christ in the Philippines is using the name typhoon Yolanda - as a reflection of Global Ministries core value of mutuality, we believe that the people of the Philippines should at the very least have the power to name the storms that batter their islands. This name will be used in addition to the more widely known Haiyan.